Via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Describes a program designed to encourage farmers to take "positive approaches to help protect the environment and keep peace with their neighbors."
Jones, Tim (author / Chicago Tribune) and Martin, Andrew (author / Chicago Tribune)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-03-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23821
Notes:
Knight-Ridder Tribune via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., On grassroots resistance to large swine operations in Missouri and other Midwestern states. "The battle has been framed as a clash between agricultural economic development and the protection of quality of life."
Stocking, S. Holly (author) and Holstein, Lisa W. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-06-23
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36639
Notes:
Presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Journalism Studies Interest Group, Dresden, Germany, June 19-23, 2006. 38 pages., Journal article of same title appeared in Public Understanding of Science 18 : 23-42 (2009).
"The results of a survey on rural residents' opinions of their pork producing neighbours may be surprising to some." Researchers reports that producers often think their neighbours feel more negatively abvout their operations than they really do.
